Horn of Africa Region Archives

Announcing the Winners of SIHA Network’s 2025 Women at the Frontline Awards

Horn of Africa Region, News, South Sudan, South Sudan / SIHA

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, SIHA hosted a special awards ceremony, held both in person at the Universal Gab Hotel in Wau, South Sudan, and online to unveil this year’s winners of the Women at the Frontline Awards.

Three (3) exceptional grassroots Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) from South Sudan were recognized for their tireless efforts in combating violence against

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BRIEFING PAPER Is the Democratic Dream Still Possible? Navigating the Growing Backlash Against Women’s Rights in Somaliland

Horn of Africa Region, Publications, Somaliland / SIHA

This paper explores the structural backlash against the women’s rights movement in Somaliland, highlighting key incidents that reflect the increasingly challenging environment for women’s participation in public and political life….

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YOUR GUIDE TO SEXUAL CONSENT AND ASSUALT

Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Region, Publications, SIHA Gender Alert, Somalia, Somalia, Somaliland, South Sudan, South Sudan, Sudan, Sudan, Uganda, Uganda / SIHA

Consent is not just a buzzword.

DidYouKnow April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month?

Women human rights defenders from Somalia and Ethiopia awarded for their astounding work

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release / siha

SUPPORT SIHA’S WORK ACROSS THE REGION Fadwo Hassan Jimale, a women rights activist working with the Somali Women and Child Care Association in Somalia and Teyiba Yassin of the Yitawek Timret Coalition in

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We Stand With You – A statement of solidarity

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release / siha

We, as African Women Activists with our regional and global partners, write this statement in a rapidly changing context as the conflict that started in the Tigray region in November

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SUDAN PUBLIC ORDER LAW IS STILL INTACT – Female artists assaulted by police in Khartoum, North-Sharg Al Nile Area

Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release, SIHA Gender Alert, Sudan / siha

On August 15th 2021 Sudanese artist, Fatim Ibrahim Hassan (also known as “Marwa Al-Dowaliya”) was physically assaulted and sexually harassed, according to her alleged statement to SIHA on August 19/2021,

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STATEMENT FROM CIVIL SOCIETIES IN ETHIOPIA ON THE COMMEMORATION OF PAN AFRICAN WOMEN’S DAY

Ethiopia, Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release, Statement / siha

On July 31st, Africa celebrates the 59th Pan African Women’s Day, which was established to recognize and affirm the role of women organizing for the political freedom of Africa and

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#JUSTICEFORHAMDI – Decision Reached by the Court

Horn of Africa Region, Press Release, Somalia, Statement / siha

The late Hamdi Mohamed Farah was a student who was murdered in September 2020. She was invited to the site of the crime by a man who, according to local

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GENDER ALERT– Violent Backlash Against Peaceful Women Protestors in Khartoum Today

Horn of Africa Region, News, SIHA Gender Alert, Sudan / siha

There have been attacks on women peacefully protesting in Khartoum during the #SudanWomenProtest march from the Ministry of Justice to the Ministry of the Interior and Office of the Attorney

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CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT: The Sudanese Transitional Government has Blood on its Hands: The Pattern of Violence against Women and Girls Continues

Horn of Africa Region, News, Press Release, Sudan / siha

Photography Credit: Ibrahim Saehon Arabic Translation Included Below Khartoum March 30/2021 In Sudan, militant Islamists are still running the same old game to intimidate the Sudanese people, especially women and

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Horn of Africa Region

Announcing the Winners of SIHA Network’s 2025 Women at the Frontline Awards

BRIEFING PAPER Is the Democratic Dream Still Possible? Navigating the Growing Backlash Against Women’s Rights in Somaliland

Women human rights defenders from Somalia and Ethiopia awarded for their astounding work

We Stand With You – A statement of solidarity

SUDAN PUBLIC ORDER LAW IS STILL INTACT – Female artists assaulted by police in Khartoum, North-Sharg Al Nile Area

STATEMENT FROM CIVIL SOCIETIES IN ETHIOPIA ON THE COMMEMORATION OF PAN AFRICAN WOMEN’S DAY

#JUSTICEFORHAMDI – Decision Reached by the Court

GENDER ALERT– Violent Backlash Against Peaceful Women Protestors in Khartoum Today

CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT: The Sudanese Transitional Government has Blood on its Hands: The Pattern of Violence against Women and Girls Continues

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